Star rating

A way to rate something and to show how satisfied people were, usually on a five-point scale.

Also called: rating, star rating, stars, star, five stars, 5 stars, review, reviews, score, rate, rate it, rating scale

What it is for

A familiar way to collect and summarize feedback: both for input, when a user leaves a score, and for output, such as the average score and the spread of votes.

Where you see it

• Marketplaces — a product’s overall rating
• Map apps — ratings of cafés, hotels and other places
• App stores — rating the quality of an app

What it is called in code

• radio group “rating”
• Rating

See also

• Like button — A one-tap way to show you approve of something, or to save it to your own collection.
• Card — A rectangular block that gathers everything about one thing: a photo, a name, a price, a button.
• Slider — A control for picking a value, or a range of values, by dragging a handle along a track.